Thank Mork! I had my battleship handily beaten by a single SM light cruiser yesterday, and there was nothing I could have done to stop it. He just started two fires on my ship so I repaired to stop them, logically, and then he quickly start 4 more fires and ran away! ... I had to watch as my lvl3 battleship slowly burned down without being able to warp out or put out the fires... I just pushed my keyboard away and stopped playing.

On a unrelated note, I really love the SM faction. Honestly, great job guys. It is exactly the navy I wanted to play when I got this game. Ever since playing Rogue Trader, I learned the best navy fights are the ones that don't use the guns to kill ships lol. Our rogue trader would always board while I man'd the macro-cannons and he would always bring a ship down faster than I ever could. It is the reason I main'd orks to focus on what is important, smash'n em to bitz, and get'n close da chopp 'em.

fallsdownstairs wrote:Thank Mork! I had my battleship handily beaten by a single SM light cruiser yesterday, and there was nothing I could have done to stop it. He just started two fires on my ship so I repaired to stop them, logically, and then he quickly start 4 more fires and ran away! ... I had to watch as my lvl3 battleship slowly burned down without being able to warp out or put out the fires... I just pushed my keyboard away and stopped playing.

If you trade a macro of some kind for ordnance bays it can help a lot with that happening. And believe it or not it is even lore friendly to do so, as most Ork Battleships did carry ordnance bays in the tabletop. My own Deathdeala is a surprise for a lot of people, fielding 6 ordnance bays by itself. My space marine opponents have not enjoyed that surprise.